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let's take a look at my swing back from

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when I used to play competitively first

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thing I'll do is I'll just let it play

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through somewhat slowly and you can look

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at whatever pieces you want to we're

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gonna look at a couple different swings

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so this first one is a 3-wood and then

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we'll look at a 7-iron from face on end

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down the line I'm going to show you how

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my swing demonstrates how the key

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movements that I teach in the GSA system

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establish good leg in good swing plane

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both of which help you with distance and

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consistency where what I've found is

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that golfers who've simply try and

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create lag or try and create swing plane

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don't create near the level of distance

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and consistency as those who do it

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through training movements so to look at

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lag let's go up to the top of the swing

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and we'll see that as I start down the

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first thing to move is going to be my

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lower body followed by my ribcage

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followed finally by my arms so one way

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that you can look at if the lower body

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has initiated the downswing is when I

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get to this position here where the belt

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buckle is roughly pointed out at the

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golf ball I want the left arm be

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somewhere around parallel many amateurs

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when the belt buckle is pointed at the

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golf ball would have their left arm way

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down here in front of their left thigh

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that would be a clear indication that

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they're starting everything in their

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body together we're in this video I'm

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clearly demonstrating that I'm starting

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with my lower body the next piece the

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leg is going to be rotating my trunk or

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my ribcage this will be evident by the

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time or by looking at where the arms are

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when they get in front of the golf ball

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so if I were to draw a line up here you

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can see that the hands are roughly in in

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front or even with the golf ball right

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so the back of my left hand right here

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is about even with the golf ball when

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the club is about parallel to the ground

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now this did not happen because I was

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holding my wrist back this happened

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because I was doing the proper movement

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to square the club face and I was

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creating the speed from my lower body

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during the next phase would be

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the release where my hands are getting

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out in front of the golf ball when I'm

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making contact with the golf ball and my

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arms are now extending to transfer that

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energy that my body has created so this

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is a clear indication of how lag is

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created in the golf swing and why a

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little five foot ten hundred sixty pound

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golfer like myself was able to hit many

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par fives into and take a crack at most

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par fours that were under 350 off the

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tee so using the body correctly is one

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of the biggest ways to create

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pound-for-pound distance

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now let's take a look at how I

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demonstrate the GSA system movements

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while I'm swinging with an iron again

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this is back from when I used to play

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competitively now what we'll show from

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this point of view is we're going to

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show how these movements create swing

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plane we're what most golfers do is they

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try to manufacture they try to get the

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club on plane by just putting the club

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there as opposed to using the arms

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correctly now there's a couple different

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ways to draw swing plane one would be if

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I draw a line up the shaft from the

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start position one would be if I draw a

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line from the hosel to the point of the

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elbow but I think and those are both

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okay way it's the draw swing plane I

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think the most accurate way is to go to

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impact and then draw a line from the

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point of the hosel to roughly where the

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grip would be now if I were to go

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backward from here you would see that

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the club is slightly under plane and my

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hands are slightly above it until I make

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contact and then the hosel and my grip

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end of the club or both roughly on the

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swing plane on the way through so I had

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a path that came slightly from the

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inside which gave me the draw now let's

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take a look at how the movements that we

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talked about in the when looking at my

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3-wood created the swing plane so the

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first movement that's gonna happen is my

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lower body is going to initiate the

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downswing so from this point of view you

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can see that my thighs are roughly

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parallel to the target line before my or

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right around when my left arm is

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parallel to the ground this we saw from

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the face on view as the belt buckle

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pointing at the golf ball the next piece

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would be looking at my chest and when my

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chest is pointing at the golf ball

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roughly when my hands are even with it

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and from here you'll see the arms

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finally release the club it's this

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transition movement from the body where

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the lower body initiates with a lateral

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movement as well as a rotation the upper

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body waiting it's turn and then the

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upper body rotating and then finally the

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hands extending that create

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the appearance of the club swinging down

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on a swing plane is not because I

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actively tried to get the club to swing

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down on plane

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now let's take a look at the

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similarities and the differences between

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my iron and my driver's wing so if I go

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up to the top of the swing with both and

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just for reference sake you can see that

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I've drawn a vertical line roughly up

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from the back of the golf ball now we

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can see that with the 3-wood there's

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clearly some space between my head and

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this line with my iron my head stays a

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little bit more center in and up against

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this line as I come down with the iron

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like so you'll see that my shirt buttons

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roughly return to that position on top

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of the line now I still have a fair

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amount of access tilt which is part of

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the reason why I struggled a little bit

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with wedges but you can see that my

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shirt buttons are pretty much over the

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golf ball with this 7-iron which part of

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the reason I was a pretty good

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mid and long iron player now here with

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the 3-wood you'll see that while my

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upper body drifts a little bit forward

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during transition when I get to the

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point where I'm making contact with the

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golf ball my shirt buttons are still a

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couple inches are a few inches behind

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the golf ball that's one of the big

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differences in the ideal driver and the

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ideal iron swing but you can see that

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the pieces of creating lag the pieces of

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sequencing the big pieces of this the

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stock whole swing are roughly the same

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if you looked at both of these positions

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with me at left are in parallel you can

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see a fair amount of similarities a fair

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amount of lag there's a lot of similar

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movements happening here in the golf

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swing and that's what we teach in the

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golf smart Academy system as the

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movements of your stock full swing and

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then you learn how to make these minor

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adjustments in order to maximize either

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your iron game or your driver game and

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these are my examples that I'm

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demonstrating here in this swing

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analysis of myself if you have any

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questions I would love to hear from you

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and if you want to have a powerful and

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